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    recognized species: the lesser short-faced bear (Arctodus pristinus) and the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). Of these species, A. simus was larger...
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    Middle Pleistocene, both Arctodus and Arctotherium gave way to new forms; Arctodus pristinus gave way to the huge Arctodus simus, which inhabited a pan-continental...
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    genetically closer to the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), than to Arctodus of North America, implying the two extinct forms evolved large size in...
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    relation though still much smaller than the fellow Tremarctinae bear Arctodus. Arctodus was a contemporary of and shared its habitat with T. floridanus. Despite...
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    which was released in July 2008 on CD by Jesse Matthewson's own label, Arctodus Records, and on 3x7" vinyl by No List Records. Prior to releasing Mennonite...
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    barstowensis (16–13 Mya) P. ursinus (16–13 Mya) Subfamily Tremarctinae Genus Arctodus (short-faced bear)† (2.2–0.012 Mya) A. pristinus (lesser short-faced bear)...
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    Along with other large bears such as the cave bear, short-faced bears Arctodus and Arctotherium, and an extinct subspecies of the modern polar bear Ursus...
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    are the extinct Tremarctos floridanus, and the giant short-faced bears (Arctodus and Arctotherium), which became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene around...
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    Tara L. (1 February 2018). "On the association of giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) in late Pleistocene North America"...
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    Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...
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  •  240. ISBN 978-0-85112-235-9. Christiansen, P. (1999). "What size were Arctodus simus and Ursus spelaeus (Carnivora: Ursidae)?". Annales Zoologici Fennici...
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    Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...
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    lived during the same period as the giant and lesser short-faced bears (Arctodus simus and A. pristinus, respectively) and the Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos...
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    probably the direct ancestor to the North American short-faced bears (genus Arctodus), the South American short-faced bears (Arctotherium), and the spectacled...
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    well as other large carnivores including dire wolves, short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) and the American lion. Competition from such carnivores may have...
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  • ἄρκτος (árktos). Meaning: bear. Examples: Phascolarctos ("bag bear"); Arctodus ("bear tooth"); Arctocyon ("bear dog") arthro-: /arθroʊ/. Origin: Ancient...
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    Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...
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    present with the megalonychid Megalonyx wheatleyi, the tremarctine bear Arctodus pristinus, the jaguar (Panthera onca), the felid Miracinonyx inexpectatus...
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    polecat (Mustela eversmanii; extirpated) (C) Various bear (Ursidae) spp. Arctodus simus (C) Florida spectacled bear (Tremarctos floridanus) (C) South American...
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    p. 217. ISBN 1-84028-152-9. Per Christiansen (1999). "What size were Arctodus simus and Ursus spelaeus (Carnivora: Ursidae)?". Annales Zoologici Fennici...
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    mesonychid, the oxyaenid Sarkastodon, and the carnivorans Amphicyon and Arctodus) all reached a maximum size of about 1000 kg (the carnivoran Arctotherium...
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    Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...
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    solitary Arctodus an unlikely impediment to expansion. Indeed, new dates establish an extended co-existence of humans and megafauna such as Arctodus across...
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  • (1967). Pleistocene Bears of North America...: By Björn Kurtén.... Genus Arctodus, Short-faced Bears. Societas pro fauna et flora Fennica. Van Valkenburgh...
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    Tara L. (1 February 2018). "On the association of giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) in late Pleistocene North America"...
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    Tremarctinae (short-faced bears) – including the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). The only surviving member of the group is the spectacled bear (Tremarctos...
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    carnivores included the extinct North American giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus), the modern cougar (Puma concolor), the Pleistocene coyote (Canis...
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    (Bison antiquus) Equus (Equus scotti) found near Wakulla. Short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) Miocene dugong (Metaxytherium crataegense) found near Wakulla. American...
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    rhino in Siberia (which went no further east than the Anadyr River), and Arctodus simus, American badger, American kiang-like equids, Bootherium and Camelops...
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    Arctodus †Arctotherium †Plionarctos Tremarctos †T. floridanus...
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